After giving the top, million dollar prize in a recent hackathon to a former employee and blatant cheater, Salesforce is apologizing the only way it knows how: with lots and lots of cash and stupidity.

It's important to never take anything called a "hackathon" too seriously, but when a million bucks is on the line—the self-hyped "single biggest prize in history"—allegations of foul play really sting. Participants in this year's Salesforce.com sponsored coding competition are furious, because the winner is a total sham.

Oracle founder and island owner Larry Ellison had a vision for yacht racing: it would be a sport so insane and magnificent, only the kings who ruled other kings could afford to participate. But in his pursuit of perfection, The Wind God went too far—his America's Cup racing team just got penalized for cheating.